JENNIFER LANG

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Terrace talent packs
Cedarvale Jam

SOME OF the best home-grown musical talent
the northwest has to offer will be sharing the
stage at the 11th annual Cedarvale Jam — hos-
ted June 20-22 in the small Highway 16 com-
munity by residents Frank and Vicki Jerome.

_-Terrace’s Borderline, Moonlight & Rose,
Rene and Rene, Frank and Friends, and
Moonshine will perform at the annual blue-
grass and gospel music showcase.

The line up also includes a variety of other
B.C. performers. Singer Isabelle Marie, a Wil-
liams Lake performer, returns to the northwest
for the Jam. Prince George's Danielle
Faulkner, also taking the stage, is just 11

years old. She sings a wide variety of music,

including opera.
Other performers include Larry and Josh
Boudreau from Smithers, and Lakeside Ram-
- blers from Cluculz Lake. The dance band
' Meier Road plays original country and rock as

“i well as cover tunes,

Friday June 20 kicks off at 3 p.m., with per-
formances lasting to | a.m. Saturday the show
starts at 10 a.m. and runs lo 1 p.m, Sunday’s
‘live entertainment begins at 10 a.m. and wraps
up at 2 p.m.

i There will be a children’s play area, as well
as helicopter rides.

: . Organizers note the Northwest B.C. Metis
“Association is holding a rendezvous at the
“same time, in the same place.

_ Music, dancing at
Gitanyow festivities

THE PEOPLE of Gitanyow are inviting you to
spend Saturday’s summer solstice celebrating
National Aboriginal Day at their village.

The June 21 festivities are being organized
by the Gitanyow Aboriginal Day Planning
Conimittee.

The promises the event will be bigger and

better than last year, with performers, partici-
pants and volunteers from Gitanyow and sur-
rounding villages taking part.
‘; “Some of the activities planned include tra-
_ ditional and contemporary dance perfor-
““mances, hand games, round dances, live
»Jnusic, and story telling.

‘There’s also going to be a parade, soccer
tournament, and a graduation dance and dinner
later. in the evening.

Phere’ s going to be plenty of food on hand.
Yroceeds from a community barbecue will
lised to help offset operating costs of the
Gitanyow Historic Village Museum, which
will be open to the public.

Gitanyow is located on Highway 37, north
of Kitwanga. D

GRADS Christel, Ron and Tia.
_To ine prom — in style

‘GRADE 12 students are known for figuring out

* creative ways to arrive in style at prom night.

But Ron Schlegel, 18, may have come up
with something truly out of the ordinary.

The Caledonia Senior Secondary student,
also a junior firefighter volunteer, his prom
date Tia Azak, and her friend Christel took a

Shiny, bright red fire truck to the formal dinner
and dance June 7.

‘Thornhill Fire Chief Art Hill put on his best

suit ‘to chauffeur the trio to the formal party. °

Tongues needs you
THE PEOPLE behind Terrace Litthe Theatre's

award-winning drama, Speaking ia Tongues,

are asking for your help.

The show was chesen to compete at Main-
stage B.C, in Penticton following its recent
sweep of the zones. The production needs to
raise $6,400 to help offset travel expenses for
the cast and crew. The TLT is suffering the ef-
fects of a cut to their gaming funding — and the
general economic downturn in the region.

“We are hoping and praying that once more
Terrace will stand behind this stunning piece
of theatre and share our pride in presenting it
to the province at large,” TLT Vice President
and producer Nancy Stone-Archer says.

‘A fundraising garage sale is planned for this .

weekend at the McColl Playhouse (See Com-

. munity Calendar Page B2 for details) in addi-

tioti: to benefit performances June 27 and 28,
For'more information on how you can help,
call 635-1329.

TERRACE STANDARD

A reason
to smile

Fire fighters help a local child

By SARAH A.
ZIMMERMAN
THERE’S something spe-
cial about seven-year-old
Quade Louie — it could be
how his face lights up
when he’s excited or
maybe it’s his seemingly

never-ending smile.

“He’s got a twinkle in
his eye that just sort of
grabs you,” says Lawrence
Stella, a firefighter who is
one of Quade’s favourite
buddies.

Quade, who uses a
wheelchair, has spina bifi-
da, a rare condition that
occurs when the spine fails
to close properly during
the first month of preg-
nancy.

“He’s gone through
more surgeries in his life
than we'll ever have toge-
ther,” explains his dad,
Harry Halladay. “It’s just
amazing the fight that he’s
had.”

Despite his physical
ailments, Quade has a zest
for life that is unparalleled.

“He has a’ wonderful
sense of humour,” Halla-
day says. “You just can’t
wipe the smile off his face.
He’s always smiling. He’s
always talking.”

Quade has a specia-

lized lift in his backyard
which goes from the
ground leve! to his home’s
second floor patio, allow-
ing him to move in and out
of the house,

But in the winter or in
very rainy weather, the lift
would freeze, leaving
Quade without a way to
get out of the house.

“It just drove him crazy
he couldn’t get out,” says
Halladay.

Quade loves visiting the
Terrace fire hall. When
some of his fire fighting
pals heard about the pro-
blem they were quick to
answer the call for help.

The solution to Quade’s
problem was easy — build
a roof over the lift to keep
it out of the elements. But
the $4,000 price tag for
materials and labour was
pretty steep.

So Stella and. some
other firefighters volun-
teered the labour to build a
roof and looked: to other
organizations to foot the
bill for the supplies,

The Terrace Profession-
al Firefighters Association
local 2685 kicked in $450,
the Variety Club added
$900 and the Downtown
Lions Club donated $550

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - B1

638-7283

THUMBS UP! Quade Louie, 7, enjoys new freedom, thanks to the fibreglass
roof protecting the wheelchair lift outside his home, SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

toward the cost cf the ma-
terials.

It took the firefighters
and other volunteers five

days of pounding nails to
get the project done.
White-painted two-by-
fours form a lattice, cov-

ered by clear fibreglass

panels sheltering the lift.
“Now with the roof the
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THE SKEENA VALLEY Farmers’ Market was filled with the sound of music one

recent Saturday when Moderato performed a free outdoor concert.

Musicians hope to.
raise travel funds

THE MEMBERS of a local musical group
called Moderato are looking for commun-
ity support to get them on the road.

Just four years ago, a group of non-pro-
fessional musicians in Terrace got toge-
ther to form the band, which consists of

nearly 25 players.

Since then, Moderato has gone on to
compete at music festivals and participa-

ted in band day in the Park.

One of the world’s best-
loved toys may actually be
dangerous to play with,

Health Canada recently
began a push to remove
yo-yos from store shelves.

While it’s stopped short
of an all-out product baa,
Health Canada has asked
yo yo suppliers to take the
toys off the market.

“It's also warning consu-

2004,

‘The group’s strong showing at the re-
cent Pacific Northwest Music Festival
has translated into an invitation to play at
Music Fest Canada, a national music fes- |
tival taking place in Montreal in May

Moderato will accept donations to help

fees,

pay for music, registration, and travel

Call 635-3202 if you’re interested.

mers not to buy the toys.

Tanya Evans, a product
safety officer for Health
Canada, says the long
cords that come with pop-
ular toy pose a strangula-
tion hazard.

While no actual inci-
dents of strangulation have
taken place, Health Cana-
da has received a number

Yo-yos may pose risk

children who have been.
unable to unwrap cords -
that have been caught —
around their necks without.
assistance.

Other countries have- 7

taken much stronger action ‘
against yo-yos in the inter-
est of public safely.

They’ ve been banned in ~

both France and the Uni-

of -alarming. reports of + ted-Kingdom.

Around Town

UVic grads earn degrees

SIX PEOPLE from Terrace have earned degrees or
certificates from the University of Victoria.

Jeanne Leighton has earned a Master of Social
Work from UVic, which held its spring convoca-
tion ceremonies earlier this month, Sherri Gagnon
earned a certificate in public management.

The following received undergraduate degrees:
Sandi Harrison (Bachelor of Arts); Cheryl Heppner -
(Bachelor of Education); Aaron Hill (Bachelor of
Science); and Becky Hynes and Susan Viveiros
(Bachelor of social work).

UVic conferred honorary degrees to six promi-
nent Canadians, including Garde Gardom, jormer
MLA and Heutenant governor, and ethnobotanist
and explorer Wade Davis, who spends summers at
his home at Tatogga Lake, B.C.

SFU boasts local
graduates this spring

THREE Terrace residents were among this year's
spring convocation ceremonies at Simon Fraser
University, where more than 2,600 students cele-
brated the completion of their degrees.

Samuel Schachner has earned a Bachelor of
Arts degree in communications, Michael Prevost
has completed a BA in anthropology, and Angela
Beaupre has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in

dance.

Five prominent B.C, residents are the recipients
of honorary degrees from SFU this spring, includ-
ing B.C. Civil Liberties Assaciation president John
Dixon and former premier Mike Harcourt.

Reporting for duty
TWO LOCAL high school grads have been accep-
ted to Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario.

Bryan Matthews
and Phillip Durand of
Terrace, both gradu-
ates of Caledonia Se-
nior Secondary
School, enrol at RMC
at a special ceremony
in Vancouver on June
21,

They will start
their military training
June 30 in at a recruit
school in St. Jean,
Quebec,

Matthews is plan-
ning on a career in
the army as a military
police officer, He'll

be enrolled in the arts.

degree program,

Durand is also en-
rolling in undergradu-
ate studies,

He’s planning a career in the navy as a marl
time surface-subsurface officer.

Bryan Matthews